Tag: Montessori preschooler

I am excited to share with you a 12-page PDF download to help you find engaging Montessori activities for 3 - 12 year olds. This resource is going to be one of the appendices in our upcoming book, The Montessori Child, which comes out in March 2024. So I thought…

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It is harder and harder to choose favourites as the children get older as the children’s interests and skills levels vary greatly. They are also moving from the unconscious absorbent mind (0-3 years) to a conscious absorbent mind (3-6 years) and starting to enjoy sensorial classification and perhaps showing interest…

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Hi everyone! Simone here and I’m super excited to be back with another season of The Montessori Notebook podcast. Today I’ll be talking with Nusaibah Macadam from Rumi Montessori. Nusaibah is a Montessori educator with over 17 years experience, a Montessori parent, and has run Montessori schools in both the…

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I’ve had many parents think that Montessori sounded great but then they get a little nervous thinking about the idea that a child with all that choice might avoid an area completely, or only play with one thing. It certainly takes a lot of trust to follow the child. To…

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One of my favourite places to be with young children is in the kitchen, particularly baking with them. And in the last couple of weeks, I received several requests for some of my favourite recipes to make with children. So it’s time for a post full of ideas for Montessori…

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If there is one family online who lives and breathes Montessori in their daily life it’s Nicole’s family. Nicole shares her Montessori experience with her three children (and dog!) over at her blog The Kavanaugh Report and is active on Instagram here. Both are full of inspiration for including Montessori…

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Some of the most popular posts on the blog are the Montessori home tours. We know Montessori at home is not just about having pretty Montessori shelfies that we can post on Instagram. However, a home with well-thought out spaces can encourage creativity and curiosity in our children. Today, I…

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I was so lucky to visit Atelier Montessori, a Montessori classroom in Lisbon, 2 weeks ago. It’s only 7 months old and is a fantastic introduction to Montessori in a country where this approach is not so well known or understood. Set up for parents to learn on one side…

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Our summer series of Montessori home tour is nearly at an end. For our penultimate home, we visit Susan and her family in Germany. They have great spaces which show how simple it can be, whilst being super attractive to the children, clear and inviting. And again seeing how spaces…

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Thank you everyone for the lovely feedback on these Montessori home tours. It’s not all about having the perfect spaces. We know that real kids live here and many times there are going to be messes. But we can dream and get a little inspired, right?! We are moving towards…

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The summer of Montessori home tours continues! This time we are off to Canada. “Our absolute favourite thing to do is to be in nature with our boys introducing them to all the natural world has to offer. So much natural learning happens when outside." – Beth Beth is a…

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Before I start today’s Montessori home tour, I would love to open up a conversation. One that was started by a dear friend in the Montessori community Andy Lulka. This is what she wrote: “I wonder if there is a way we can share our ideal spaces without making it…

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